Photographer's Note

Endless snow fields edged with the dark lines of forest, long empty roads sparsely populated.....endless grey skies, cold that worms it's way into your body....an unforgettable trip this time last year to Podlasie with Jerzy (Bantonbuju).

the more time passes since that moment, the more i feel as if we had a journey in time - the empty road to nowhere, the ruined bus stop, the autosan-bus itself heading to undefined destination, and the fields in snow, all around us - that was increadible!
i have a similiar photo (obviously!) and have been considering to post it over all those months...good for you you decided to do so...
love this view, love it!
best wishes, j.

Hi Kev. Great work, brilliant idea to render it in sepia. The road looks like spilt ink that is spreading on a white sheet. The man with his bike really stands out.The trees on either side look comforting, as if offering protection against the elements. A poetic creation. My compliments. Regards. Klaudio.

What a great photo dear Kev. It's so simple but so moody. I guess simplicity really carves a special space within our hearts. I have few words in front of this. The placement of the man is so good, the intense depth created by the descending/climbing path, the chocolate quality of the sepia. I wouldn't mind seeing this one printed large covering an entire wall (top to bottom) in my living room. Perfect!

Hey Kev,
Nice long prespective and intersting B&W treatment with the overall chocolatey (just noticed I used the same description as Luis) brown tint. I like it.
I also like the fact that the point of infinity of the road is obscured by trees.
Good choice of aperture too
TFS
TC & BW
Craig [enjoyed the forum on abbreviations]

Hi Kev, the perspective and composition here are first-class. But I'm not quite so sure about the sepia toning. Perhaps either a straightforward but contrasty B&W - or a gentle inky-blue toning to emphasise the cold. One other small point - the transition in the depth-of-field from out-of-focus to apparent focus is quite sharp - is this natural or did you apply a little blurring in PP? A great shot regardless. Stephen

Wonderful shot, a little play with the Windsor Long Walk perhaps, too? ;-) Very nice, the shot is simple but so full of atmosphere, you can even smell the snowy trees here, hear some dog barks in the distance, as you tread this hilly lovely path... must have been beautiful.
Take care, Kev!
From a very moody Ottawa morning
sasa

Heart warming photography, Kev.
Like the ones published in those old photographic annuals.
Like the ones made on gum, but with all the attributes of a modern lens.
Solid photography. Honest photography. Photography with heart. And above all - A GOOD PHOTOGRAPHY.

This lonely man with his bike seems lost in middle of a non very friendly nature and forest. The place (mixed landscape, natural and human) is beautiful, the road surrounded by the snow. The presence of this man enhances, in my opinion, the feelings of wide in this pic, but it's not sad, but nostalgic. Best wishes,

Stuning shot, Kev, no way arund it. Very artful, painterly really - here's someone who really understands the RULES of composition and has assimilated them like the air he breathes. Delicate, rpofound.
yes!
francis

That one HAD to be done... I mean with such melancholic context and that guy with his bike, you'd have to stop photo if you didn't click at this time.

Now my opinion about the process you chose is split between praising ye old brown tones and some discrepancy I see, with the solid black of his clothes and the no-black in the trees. I wish the tones were closer : I had first seen it as -god forbids!- partial desaturation.
I wish you would have been stronger handed on contrast for the tree and trail areas.

Read your reply to Jerzy : yes, it's good to see more that more people, even in Trekearth and mainly the most advanced photogaphs, are getting back to film and self printing.
I know at least two who start learning wetprint processing under a redlight : I was happy to assist one of them, not later than this week end. Probably next time, we'll step to toning lessons...